Divine Want Propels us Forward

If the gospels teach us anything, it is that life is a destiny, not a destination (heaven is the destination). Our journey, though, is often clouded by duties, commitments, possessions. How do we keep forging ahead with so much to tie us down?

We strip.

Often we burden our lives with clutter to cover our fear of the unknown. Possessions make good blankets or cuddle toys. They also trip us up and keep us occupied with the lesser things of life.

The desert Abbas and Ammas left all for desert sands. What could they learn in the sand they couldn't learn in the city? Want. It's okay to want, it's okay to need, it's okay not to be fulfilled. That's what keeps us yearning and moving forward. It's when we think we are satiated (and we never really are) that we settle down along a humdrum path and become bored with life. So we clutter our lives with even more possessions, hoping to find contentment. And we never do. Not really.

Destiny takes bold actions. It takes courage. And it takes a constant stepping forward. Each of us need to examine our life for those aspects that trip us up. Only you know how to strip yourself, so that you can experience the want for the divine.